An elderly lady in widow's black was kneeling beside a man groaning in mortal agony, Fanning away the flies already gathering about his face.
"The Crisis, Volume 6"
Winston Churchill
One of them had taken the bottom corners of her apron and was Fanning her with it, while the other was showing her how to stand and hold her arms.
"Liza of Lambeth"
W. Somerset Maugham
Fanning was properly of North Carolina, but occasionally acted with Ganey, and was one of the most active men, and one of the most deliberate murderers of the whole party.
"A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion"
William Dobein James